Brave New World
by Aldous Huxley | Science Fiction & Fantasy | This book has not been rated.
ISBN: 0099518473 Global Overview for this book
ISBN: 0099518473 Global Overview for this book
Registered by Semioticghost of Ipswich, Suffolk United Kingdom on 4/20/2015
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WITH INTRODUCTIONS BY MARGARET ATWOOD AND DAVID BRADSHAW
Far in the future, the World Controllers have created the ideal society. Through clever use of genetic engineering, brainwashing and recreational sex and drugs all its members are happy consumers. Bernard Marx seems alone harbouring an ill-defined longing to break free. A visit to one of the few remaining Savage Reservations where the old, imperfect life still continues, may be the cure for his distress...
Huxley's ingenious fantasy of the future sheds a blazing light on the present and is considered to be his most enduring masterpiece.
WITH INTRODUCTIONS BY MARGARET ATWOOD AND DAVID BRADSHAW
Far in the future, the World Controllers have created the ideal society. Through clever use of genetic engineering, brainwashing and recreational sex and drugs all its members are happy consumers. Bernard Marx seems alone harbouring an ill-defined longing to break free. A visit to one of the few remaining Savage Reservations where the old, imperfect life still continues, may be the cure for his distress...
Huxley's ingenious fantasy of the future sheds a blazing light on the present and is considered to be his most enduring masterpiece.
Journal Entry 2 by Semioticghost at Jackson Road in Clacton on Sea, Essex United Kingdom on Monday, April 20, 2015
Released 8 yrs ago (4/20/2015 UTC) at Jackson Road in Clacton on Sea, Essex United Kingdom
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http://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/jul/31/fiction.features1
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http://www.theguardian.com/books/2005/jul/31/fiction.features1
If you like the idea of bookcrossing, more free books can be found in Ipswich bookcrossing zones:
Caffe Nero, the Buttermarket, (upstairs on the mantlepiece)
The Greyhound pub on Ivry Road (shelf opposite the bar)
Coffee Link, Neptune Marina (upstairs, book case on far wall)
Colchester:
Slack Space, Eld Lane
Love Coffee Aroma, High Street
Purple Dog, Eld Lane
Foresters Arms, Castle Road
Hospital Arms, Crouch Street
15 Queen Street
Fox Pub, Layer de la Haye
Please do stop for a coffee or drink while you're there.